Maria Rodriguez News

Poignant Irish comedy deserved its standing ovation.

Back by popular demand, book clubs take the spotlight in the New Year with the return of The Book Club Play by Karen Zacari?as at Horizon Theatre. The show follows a tight-knit book club bound for pandemonium when it becomes the focus of a documentary film. The Book Club Play runs tonight, January 17 - February 23, 2014.

Back by popular demand, book clubs take the spotlight in the New Year with the return of The Book Club Play by Karen Zacari?as at Horizon Theatre. The show follows a tight-knit book club bound for pandemonium when it becomes the focus of a documentary film. The Book Club Play runs January 17 - February 23, 2014.

Baltimore, MD-December 2013. Center Stage announces casting for the upcoming Stones in His Pockets, by Marie Jones. Directed by Derek Goldman, rehearsals for this award-winning Irish comedy begin Monday, December 16. Preview performances will start January 15 and the production runs through February 23.

Casa 0101 Theater, Josefina Lopez, Artistic Director, and Miguel Garcia, Festival Executive Producer, will present Casa 0101's 3rd Annual Brown & Out Theater Festival (BAOTF) featuring a collection of eight new comedic and dramatic short plays celebrating the Latino/a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning/Queer experience. The Festival will be presented on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 5:00 p.m., kicking off on Friday, October 11, 2013, National Coming Out Day, and continuing through Sunday, November 3, 2013 at The New Casa 0101 Theater, 2102 East First Street (at St. Louis Street), Boyle Heights, CA 90033.

From author Jose Maria Rodriguez, a veteran and the man behind The Sledgehammer and Anvil, comes a collection of six stories that promise to entertain and engage readers everywhere. In Casalta, he blends an array of plots dabbed with comedic outlandishness into a hilarious mix of reality and fiction, resulting in several shorts that might be just crazy enough to be true.

From Jose Maria Rodriguez, World War 2 veteran and author of The Sledgehammer and Anvil, comes Casalta, a unique mixture of six stories that will engage and entertain readers everywhere. In his work, he blends an array of plots dabbed with comedic outlandishness into a hilarious mix of reality and fiction, resulting in several shorts that might be just crazy enough to be true.

After seeing the Horizon Theatre's new play on its sold-out opening night, I wouldn't have been surprised if it had opened with, 'This is the story of six friends picked to read a book and have their discussions taped to find out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real... 'The Book Club Play'.' This new comedy by Atlanta-native Karen Zacarias, which runs through June 23rd, hysterically explores how literature can impact readers, especially when they are being filmed by a world-famous documentary filmmaker.

After a sold-out world premiere production last summer, Larry Larson and Eddie Levi Lee's 'The Waffle Palace: Smothered, Covered and Scattered 24/7/365' returned to Horizon Theatre for an encore run starting in January; the triumphant return closes on March 17. ArtsATL praised the initial run as 'an easy-to-eat mixture of the funny, familiar, corny, nostalgic, and odd,' perfect for theatre-goers and Waffle House regulars alike.

After a sold-out world premiere production last summer, Larry Larson and Eddie Levi Lee's The Waffle Palace: Smothered, Covered and Scattered 24/7/365 returns to Horizon Theatre for an open run starting tonight, January 11, 2013. ArtsATL praised the show as "an easy-to-eat mixture of the funny, familiar, corny, nostalgic, and odd," perfect for theatre-goers and Waffle House regulars alike.

After a sold-out world premiere production last summer, Larry Larson and Eddie Levi Lee's The Waffle Palace: Smothered, Covered and Scattered 24/7/365 returns to Horizon Theatre for an open run starting January 11, 2013. ArtsATL praised the show as "an easy-to-eat mixture of the funny, familiar, corny, nostalgic, and odd," perfect for theatre-goers and Waffle House regulars alike.

The McLean Community Center's (MCC) annual 2009 4th of July Celebration at Langley High School features a fireworks show, and so much more. Families come early to picnic and take advantage of the staged entertainment, food, amusement rides and field games---not to mention the funnel cakes---that give the event a special hometown feel.